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Updated 1/23/15 at 4:10 p.m.

OKLAHOMA CITY– The Federal Grand Jury released Friday that Oklahoma man, Matthew Durham is being named in a 24 count indictment. The charges include aggravated sexual abuse with children, travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, and engaging in illicit sexual conduct in foreign places.

EDMOND, Okla. – An Oklahoma teenager, accused of sexually abusing children in Africa, is now asking the court to delay his trial.

The request states the defense believes this will be considered a “complex case” because the alleged crimes, victims and witnesses are all in Kenya.

“With the existing health and physical safety concerns in Kenya, traveling to Kenya will be tenuous,” the report states. “Counsel will also have to rely on translators and local professionals to navigate regional customs. The language barrier and cultural chasm further complicates the investigation. Finally, Counsel is totally dependent on the willingness of Kenyan witnesses to cooperate and speak to defense counsel and their investigators once they arrived. If Kenyan witnesses prove to be as uncooperative as stateside witnesses, Counsel’s task is going to be an arduous one.”

The motion states that witnesses in Oklahoma City have been “unwilling to speak with defense counsel’s investigators.”

It goes on to say that some witnesses have even requested the presence of an FBI agent, while others have refused to even speak about the case or answer their door.

“Counsel is left with the impression that they have either been instructed not to talk or negatively influenced by Ms. Menja against the defendant,” it went on to say.